An Aston Villa fan has been found guilty of violent disorder at a pub in Cardiffafter his team were beaten by Cardiff City last year.

Paul Sweeney, 32, was convicted by a jury on Wednesday following a trial a Cardiff Crown Court over his part in a clash between Villa and Bluebirds supporters outside The Cornwall pub in Grangetown on August 12, 2017.

His co-defendants Steven Fowler, of Cottage Lane, Sutton Coldfield, and Dominic Burgess, 36, of Woodland Avenue, Porthcawl, were found not guilty of violent disorder.

Prosecutor James Wilson previously told the court that “punches, kicks and bottles were thrown” during the incident in which Villa fans got off a bus and tried to enter the pub frequented by Cardiff City fans.

The disorder was caught inside the pub and outside on the streets on CCTV.

Sweeney said he and other Villa fans had good-natured banter with Cardiff fans after leaving the match.

“We went to the match but left just before half time when we were 2-0 down,” he said.

“I’d had enough, we were terrible.”

Sweeney was later seen with two objects in his hands shouting towards the pub with his arms outstretched.

The Cornwall pub in Grangetown (Image: Google Street View)

He claimed the objects were a plastic cup and half a bottle of Jack Daniels for the trip home to Birmingham and said he did not want to get involved in the fracas.

But his account was not believed by the jury who found him guilty in an unanimous verdict.

Sweeney, who sat stony faced in the dock as the verdicts were read out, had previously been made subject to a football banning order prior to the incident in Cardiff.

Judge Neil Bidder QC granted the defendant unconditional bail but told him that “all sentencing options were open” to him, including imprisonment.

Sweeney, of Knightcote Drive, Solihull, will appear at Cardiff Crown Court for sentencing on December 10.